Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: a cross-sectional survey

Barnett, Daniel J; Thompson, Carol B; Errett, Nicole A; Semon, Natalie L; Anderson, Marilyn K; Ferrell, Justin L; Freiheit, Jennifer M; Hudson, Robert; Koch, Michelle M; McKee, Mary; Mejia-Echeverry, Alvaro; Spitzer, James; Balicer, Ran D; Links, Jonathan M

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-12-164

Table 5 Comparison of agreement on attitude/belief statements between urban and rural designation of clusters by scenario

From: Determinants of emergency response willingness in the local public health workforce by jurisdictional and scenario patterns: a cross-sectional survey

	Emergency Scenarios
	Weather-related	Pandemic influenza	Radiological 'dirty' bomb	Anthrax bioterrorism
Attitude/Belief Statements	Rural/Urban^a	Rural/Urban	Rural/Urban	Rural/Urban
	OR(95%CI)^b	OR(95%CI)	OR(95%CI)	OR(95%CI)
Perceived likelihood of occurrence in this region	NS^c	NS	0.7	0.6
			(0.51, 0.95)	(0.41, 0.88)
Perceived severe health consequences likely	NS	1.47	NS	NS
		(1.05, 2.05)
Perceived likelihood of being asked to report to duty	NS	2.87	1.68	2
		(1.42, 5.80)	(1.17, 2.40)	(1.39, 2.90)
Perceived knowledge about the public health impact	NS	1.63	NS	NS
		(1.07, 2.47)
Perceived awareness of role-specific responsibilities	2.24	1.71	NS	NS
	(1.74, 2.87)	(1.03, 2.83)
Perceived skills for role-specific responsibilities	NS	2.12	NS	NS
		(1.29, 3.49)
Psychologically prepared	NS	NS	NS	NS
Perceived ability to safely get to work	NS	1.9	1.45	NS
		(1.26, 2.86)	(1.10, 1.91)
Confidence in personal safety at work	NS	NS	NS	NS
Perceived ability to perform duties (Self-Efficacy)	NS	2.02	NS	NS
		(1.36, 3.02)
Perceived that family is prepared to function in absence	1.33	NS	1.42	1.36
	(1.02, 1.73)		(1.15, 1.75)	(1.04, 1.76)
Health Department's perceived ability to provide timely information	NS	NS	NS	NS
Perceived ability to address public questions	NS	NS	NS	NS
Perceived importance of one's role in the agency's overall response	NS	1.76	1.41	1.57
		(1.26, 2.45)	(1.00, 1.97)	(1.09, 2.26)
Perceived need for pre-event preparation and training	NS	NS	NS	NS
Perceived need for psychological support during event	NS	NS	NS	NS
Perceived need for post-event psychological support	NS	NS	NS	NS
Perceived high impact of one's response (Response Efficacy)	NS	NS	NS	1.37
				(1.01, 1.87)

^a Rural clusters include: MO, MN, ID, VA; urban clusters include: FL, WI, OR/WA, IN
^b The reference category for the odds ratio and 95% confidence interval [OR(95%CI)] is the urban designation
^c NS - Not statistically significant at p = 0.05 level

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